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Multiview AI Approach Can Improve Diagnostic Accuracy for Cardiac Imaging

Multiview AI Approach Can Improve Diagnostic Accuracy for Cardiac Imaging

An echocardiogram, or cardiac ultrasound, is one of the most commonly used imaging tools employed by physicians to diagnose a variety of heart diseases and conditions.

Medical Trainees May Be Exposed to Unnecessary Radiation Risks

Medical Trainees May Be Exposed to Unnecessary Radiation Risks

Radiation from X-rays is an occupational hazard for many medical specialists, including cardiologists, vascular and orthopedic surgeons, urologists, some radiologists and gastroenterologists.

Aortic Valve Replacement: Ross Procedure

Aortic Valve Replacement: Ross Procedure

Learn more on the Aortic Valve Replacement: Ross Procedure.

Aortic Valve Repair or Ross Procedure? Decision Factors in Two Patient Cases

Aortic Valve Repair or Ross Procedure? Decision Factors in Two Patient Cases

Surgeons at the UCSF Cardiac Surgery Program specialize in aortic valve repair and replacement, options that can resolve acute symptoms and improve life expectancy. Recently, two patients with bicuspid aortic valves presented with signs of regurgitation, including shortness of breath, fatigue and chest pain.

First-of-its-Kind Amputation Prevention Center Offers Hope for the Toughest Cases

First-of-its-Kind Amputation Prevention Center Offers Hope for the Toughest Cases

Rogelio Jacinto had five days until doctors planned to amputate his leg. It was an emotionally wrenching end to five months of unsuccessful visits to specialists to treat a diabetic foot ulcer.

Physician Survey Shows Lack of Understanding of the FDA’s Approval Process

Physician Survey Shows Lack of Understanding of the FDA’s Approval Process

Many physicians are unfamiliar with how the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulates new drugs and medical devices, and they may be under the impression that the data supporting these approvals are more rigorous than they are, according to a national survey of physicians conducted by researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF).

Study Finds Paxlovid Treatment Does Not Reduce Risk of Long COVID

Study Finds Paxlovid Treatment Does Not Reduce Risk of Long COVID

A team of researchers from UC San Francisco has found that Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) did not reduce the risk of developing long COVID for vaccinated, non-hospitalized individuals during their first COVID-19 infection.

Tiny, Focused Shocks Help Many Patients Overcome Heart Arrhythmia

Tiny, Focused Shocks Help Many Patients Overcome Heart Arrhythmia

Pulsed field ablation uses a series of tiny electrical pulses to destroy the tissue causing the arrhythmia. The procedure takes an hour or less, compared to three or four hours for conventional treatment.

Long-term Marijuana Smoking Can Impair Blood Vessel Function

Long-term Marijuana Smoking Can Impair Blood Vessel Function

It’s been known for many years that people who smoke tobacco have poor blood vessel function. Now, a team of researchers at UC San Francisco has shown for the first that people who smoke marijuana have the same problem.

Why Do Some Long Covid Patients Continue to Have Difficulty Exercising?

Why Do Some Long Covid Patients Continue to Have Difficulty Exercising?

While some patients recover from the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection, others have experienced the aftereffects of COVID-19 long after the initial infection. One of these long COVID symptoms is reduced exercise capacity.

Aggressive Blood Pressure Control May Prevent Common Heart Condition

Aggressive Blood Pressure Control May Prevent Common Heart Condition

Heart conduction disorders can often lead to serious or fatal complications including complete heart block or heart failure.

UCSF Among First in U.S. to Receive New Surgery Designation from the American College of Surgeons

UCSF Among First in U.S. to Receive New Surgery Designation from the American College of Surgeons

UC San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF) is among just four hospitals in the U.S. to be verified as part of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Vascular Verification Program (Vascular-VP)...

Can Artificial Intelligence Reduce Invasive Testing and Improve Cardiac Diagnostics?

Can Artificial Intelligence Reduce Invasive Testing and Improve Cardiac Diagnostics?

Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of adult death worldwide.

Interventional Cardiology Program

Interventional Cardiology Program

The UCSF Interventional Cardiology Program offers the latest minimally invasive catheter-based procedures to diagnose and treat the full spectrum of cardiovascular conditions.

Novel Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Procedures Improve Patients' Quality of Life

Novel Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Procedures Improve Patients' Quality of Life

UC San Francisco interventional cardiologists and interventional echocardiographers recently performed two novel minimally invasive cardiac procedures for the first time in the health system.

UCSF Health Joins Registry to Improve Cardiogenic Shock Treatment

UCSF Health Joins Registry to Improve Cardiogenic Shock Treatment

UC San Francisco’s Heart and Vascular Center has been recognized by The American Heart Association (AHA) for its participation in a new Cardiogenic Shock Registry.

Cardiology Transfer Guide

Cardiology Transfer Guide

Cardiology Transfer Guide

UCSF Researchers Develop Prediction Model of Aortic Aneurysm

UCSF Researchers Develop Prediction Model of Aortic Aneurysm

Ascending thoracic aortic disease is an important cause of sudden death in the U.S., yet most aortic aneurysms are identified incidentally.